I really appreciate your comments. They both made me chuckle the way you put it
I'm glad for what I can glean from your perceptions.
Outside opinion helps me expand my personal list of weakness AND improve my ear.
Definitely a creative risk in composing madman piano over busy tom patterns.
Instead of DnB it's DnP! lol Gives me a madman feeling but at the same time elicits feelings of melodic destruction.
Glad to hear how the vibe spurs your imagination famous beagle. It's the SCENE that the piece needs!
Mix-wise there is a lot of low frequency information and I've yet to hear it on various systems so hoping the low end isn't too bombastic.
Because the drums are not surrounded by a fuller spectrum of instruments, some sections sound too pronounced and a bit aggressive.
Composition-wise, I feel it needs a lift. Namely, a switch to the major key (F Major).
Along with an exciting guitar riff. After all, I am a guitar player for cryin' out loud.
Then again, in the context of film it can just be "two notes and ya gotta feelin'" as Jack Black would say
Duh Duh [mouths the theme to Jaws]